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Recent Examples of ponytailStart by sectioning the bottom (or underside) half of your hair into a sleek ponytail, and braid the ends.—Karina Hoshikawa, Refinery29, 10 Sep. 2025 Finish it off with a silk scarf around your neck, your ponytail, or your work bag to add some flair.—Amber Cardullo, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025 Firsthand What Needs Changing Tymur Abdulin, 28, enters the classroom 10 minutes late, a tall, thin man with a dark ponytail and an abundance of tattoos.—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 In the new video, Westman, with hair pulled back in a ponytail and wearing a T-shirt, is seen browsing the firearms and, at one point, even hoisting a rifle and aiming it.—ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ponytail
This article contains spoilers for part 1 of Wednesday season 2.
After nearly three years in the shadows, Wednesday is back with black pigtails and a withering gaze.
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Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Iron Mountain Road – Tight pigtail turns and narrow tunnels.
The perfectly imperfect artsy-meets-preppy plait was secured with elastics at both the base and the ends, because who has time to do the whole hair-wrapping thing?
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Marci Robin,
Allure,
10 Sep. 2025
The look became a real-life flower crown in an adorable way, with fresh white flowers tucked into the plait.
To date, the post, which shows the group of four gathering around the bathroom sink as if waiting in a line or queue, has racked up more than 394,000 views and over 94,000 likes.
Halle Berry and Sabrina Elba both opted for shaggy brown haircuts; the former, a highlighted bob, and the latter, a mid-length single-tone with textured bangs.
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